The United States military teamed with Panamanian police to conduct a series of new exercises aimed at protecting the Panama ...

These drills come amid Donald Trump’s repeated claims of excessive Chinese influence over the crucial trade route, despite ...

By bnl editorial staff US helicopters have arrived in Panama to begin collaborative training exercises with local security forces, as tensions mount over the strategic waterway's future amid competing ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the United States is supporting the Panamanians’ efforts to push China out of the Panama Canal. Hegseth met with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on ...

Forty percent of all U.S. container traffic travels through the Panama Canal every year, and in all, $270 billion in cargo annually. The U.S. and China are the top users of the Panama Canal, and ...

Trump vows to reclaim Panama Canal and acquire Greenland in Congress address President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

Panama President Jose Raul Mulino on Wednesday accused U.S. President Donald Trump of lying when he said in his address to Congress that his administration was “reclaiming” the Panama Canal.

Will Freeman, fellow for Latin America studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss President Donald Trump’s calls for the United States to retake control of the Panama Canal.

Prior to the origination of the plans for the Panama Canal vessels of trade had few options of getting goods from Europe and Asia to N. America. One ...

A rear view of the Hotel Washington in Colón, Panama. There is a statue in the courtyard of the hotel. The image was taken by Albert Spear Hitchcock, botanist with the United States Department of ...